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Topic: Intended change in ViewPoint 3? (Read 6996 times)

When adjusting a TIF file and using Auto under Distortion, VP3 asks to open the original image as previously in version 2. However, the dialog that opens recognizes only JPG and TIF files, not the raw files containing the original image information.

Now what about the suggestion I made more than 2 years ago in the thread mentioned above ? From a programming point of view, implementing this feature is easy. Since getting the metadata from the original file is that important for ViewPoint, it seems that implementing a more sophisticated mechanism in order to access the original file is needed. The current one is rather simplistic.

1. It's easy to allow the user to specify in the Preferences, in which folder the original file can be found. Most of the time, it's the same folder as the target file or a folder relative to that folder.

2. It's easy to allow the user to specify a list of filename extensions for the RAW files it uses (e.g. "cr2;raf;nef".

3. Most of the time, the original file will have the same name as the target file.

4. It's easy to trigger an automatic search based on this information. Only if the search fails should VP asks for the original file location. If the search result is the wrong file, the user should be able to click on a button and proceed as usual (that is, as currently implemented).

Hi, I am getting this(prompt to open original image) for every HDR, PANO etc file from from Lightroom. What confuses me is that the exif data about the lens etc does exist in the merged file. Is there something I can do to prepare my file from inside Lightroom? I do a lot of interiors and property shoots and shoot bracketed for HDR 95% of the time. I thought this software would have been a saviour for correcting the "viewpoint" but I can't be going searching for the "original file" every single time. Still in search of a solution for complex distortions